>Check teh overflow tank for green antifreeze.A no no. heh I keep hearing people talk about this but the latest Prestone® 50/50 Ready-to-Use Extended Life is phosphate, borate, slicate free, mix with anything can be bought anywhere and is green ... and if you phone the hotline they claim (G11) compadibility and over on the samba where this is beat to death there are many users apprently w/o leaking head gaskets on the Prestone extended life treatment there are also various other manufactuers basf, peak that make green phospate free coolant so it may not be the kiss of death if the owner made the concious decision to use a 'green' coolant based on some of his own r&d |
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